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28 & 29 Drappers Road and the backs of houses in Lucey Poad, Bermondsey c 1950/60

I lived at 9 Drappers Road from birth in 1952 until we moved out in 1966/7 prior to the demolition of the old Victorian "Airey" houses so the council could built the current blocks of flats. The "Airey" houses (named after the architect) were the type with steps down from the street to the basement entrance and another short set of stairs up to the main front door in the style of "upstairs/downstairs - tradesman entrance). The street numbers on the east side of the street would have run from number 1 at the Lucey Road (northern end) to 13 (?) at the Alexis (previously Alexander) Street end. So your relatives home would have been on the other (west) side of the street. I'm not certain, but I think the numbers ran from low at the south/Alexis St end to higher at the north/Lucey St end. I think number 18 was directly opposite us. Number 10 was destroyed during WW2 as was (if my numbering is correct) 14 through to 17.

Drappers Road on OS maps of the period is divided between London sheet 77 (Bermondsey & Wapping) and sheet 90 (Old Kent Road). I think I have only seen one clear picture of Drappers Road on the web and I think that was on Pathe or Getty when a blind/blinded man who lived there was a news feature. I will do a search and see  the pix shows the houses or if there's one in my old "shoe box!"

Edit:
Here's a link to the Pathe news clip showing the north-west side of the street (ie the Lucey Road end):
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=41444

I know I have a photo's of the rear & garden of a couple of houses in the street if they are of interest!

Regards
freddie

Thanks for the information and the link it all helps me to create a full picture of their lives, coincidently ancestors worked at Peek Freans too.

I have quite a bit on Peek Freans, my Mum, Dad, an uncle and at least six aunts all work there. At one stage whilst out of work I researched and started to write a history, but that has now been relegated to boxes and files. There is however a DVD of two films of the company: the first a Victorian silent tour around the Drummond Road factory and another from c1989 when it closed.  A recent publication and from memory it was only about £7. Made by Sands Studios (?) it is available on the internet direct from them or on Amazon. If you decide to get it and can't find it, let me know and I find the address for you.

A snap I took earlier this year